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Mao Zedong & People's Republic of China
Leader of the Chinese Communist party and he was the chairman of the People's Republic of China until his death. -
Japan's Invasion of China
Japan decided to invade China because they thought that the Chinese attacked them with the troops of Marco Polo. In response, Japan invaded China and started the Sino-Japanese War. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany formed a nonagression pact with the Soviet Union to invade Poland and split the territory into east and west. Germany attacked from the west while the Soviet Union attacked from the east. This marked Hitler's quest to conquer Europe. -
Battle of Britain
A successful defense of Great Britain against Germain air raids after the fall of France. -
Tripatite Pact
It is a pact that the Axis Power, Germany, Italy, and Japan, pledged which is to help assist each other when one is attacked by either the United States or the Soviet Union. -
Lend Lease Act
Proposed by US Pres. FDR and passed by the US Congress on this date, this foreign policy by the US allowed it to send arms & munitions to the Allied forces, especially the British, but did not send any troops to fully carry out any military intervention in WWII -
German Blitzkrieg on Soviet Union
Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 which was successful at first since the Soviet Union was unprepared. Unprepared for the harsh winter conditions, the German force was badly weakened and was unable to defeat the Soviet Union. -
Leningrad blockade
German forces surrounded Leningrad, the Soviet Union's second largest city for 872 days. About one million Russian cilivians died from starvation but still refused to surrender. In 1944, German forces were forced to retreat, ending the seige. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Suprise attack on th U.S naval basde at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii by the Japanese. This was was brought the U.S. into World War II -
Formation of the UN
The UN began to take shape on this date when US Pres. FDR & Prime minster Winston Churchill along with 26 other allied nations decided to form the international organization dedicated to peacekeeping after the end of WWII. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi officials created a meeting to plan the "final solution" which was to deport all the European Jews eastward into concentration camps for extermination. -
Battle of Midway
A battle fought using almost only with aircraft which the United States was able to prevent further Japanese expansion in the Pacific. The United States was able to destroy most of Japan's best pilots. -
D Day
Allied powers landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. Began the liberation of France -
Iwo Jima/ Okinawa
A fierce battle between Japanese and the invading US troops during WWII took place here, becasue if captured it could serve as a good base for US fighter planes. -
Hitler's Suicide
He retired to his suit and shot himself, because he was afraid Germany would lose the global war and did not want to be blamed. His wife, Eva Braun, drank poison. -
VE Day
VE Day was the day that the US and Britain celebrated their victory over Nazi Germany, who surrendered even before Japan. VE stands for Victory over Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
Allied conference that was held at Potsdam, Berlin. Procedures of peace settlements in Europe were discussed. -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
After Japan's dissatisfying reply to the Potdam Declaration , the United States decided to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in hopes that the Japanese would surrender to prevent the lose of more American lives. Still refusing to surrender, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki which finally made Japan declare defeat. -
V-J Day
VJ Day was the day that Japan formally surrendered to the Allies and ended WWII. VJ stands for Victory over Japan Day. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry Truman established that the U.S. would provide political, military, and economic assistance to deomcratic nations under threat from authoritarian forces. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the plan that said the US would donate billions to Europe in order to help them rebuild their continent after the war. The plan was announced to on June 5, 1947 by the US Secretary of State at Harvard. -
NATO
This organization was formed by the US, Britain, and other westen European allies in order to unite themselves and prepare to counter against what they feared as possible Soviet invasion of western Europe. -
Korean War
A war fought between Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The Soviet Union and China supported North Korea while the United States supported South Korea. At the end, about 2.5 million people died. Neither side won and the 38th parallel was established. -
Stalin's Death, Khrushchev
On March 5th, 1953, Stalin died after a heart attack. Khrushchev was appointed secretary of the Communist Party after forcing Malenkov to give up his position as secretary. Although Khrushchev wanted to coexist peacefully with the west, he led the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a treaty that the Soviets, and other European forces signed which gave mutual defense to just about all members of the Soviet Union. Called the Warsaw Pact because it was signed in Warsaw. -
Vietnam War
Pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and the United States. It ended with the withdrawal of US forces and the unification of Vietnam under communist control . -
Sputnik
Any of the 10 artificial Earth satelites sent out by the Soviet Union. Sputnik 1 was the first satellite launched by man . -
Bay of Pigs
A failed invasion of the CIA financed and trained Cubans to overthrow the government of Communist Cuban Fidel Castro. Castro surprisely was able to defeat the United States and Cuba and the Soviet Union formed a closer relationship during the Cold War -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall seperated West Berlin (democratic) from East Berlin (communist) after the Cold War which was fought between the United States and Soviet Union after World War II. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
A conflict that almost started a war between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Soviet Union provided Cuba with nuclear weapons -
Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Union falls
The Soviet Union breaks up into 15 different nations. -
Yalta Conference
World War II conference where the three Allied leaders, Roosevet, Winston Churchill, and Stalin gathered and met in Yalta, Crimean to plan the defeat of Nazi Germany
